Design of Moving 3D Characters
A course by Jaime Alvarez Sobreviela , Model and designer
Joined May 2015
Learn to easily create unique and fun characters with Cinema 4D
- Spanish with subtitles in English
- 98% positive reviews (124)
- 2532 students
Learn to easily create unique and fun characters with Cinema 4D
Modeling a character in 3D and animating it can come to feel like creating an alter ego, a small part of you that comes alive inside a screen. Jaime Álvarez Sobreviela, creator of "Mr. Kat & Friends", knows about this, a universe of tender and refined characters led by the homonymous Mr. Kat, a funny black and white cat very fond of sleeping and playing.
In this course, Jaime will show you his process to create characters in Cinema 4D, touching all the important steps like polygonal modeling, splines, rendering engine, UV Map, texturing, motion capture animation and postproduction to generate ready pieces to show the world.
What will you learn in this online course?
26 lessons & 7 downloads
- 98% positive reviews (124)
- 2532 students
- 26 lessons (4h 30m)
- 7 additional resources (2 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish
- Spanish, English, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
Recommended software for this course
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Photoshop
Cinema 4D
V-RayWhat is this course's project?
You will create your own 3D character with UV Map stickers and give it life through the motion capture technique.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
To beginner and intermediate level designers who want to specialize in 3D character design.
Requirements and materials
You will need a computer or computer with Cinema 4D, V-Ray, Adobe After Effects and Adobe Photoshop installed. Photoshop and After Effects will serve to adjust the color and bring your project to light.
New to Adobe After Effects? In that case, we recommend taking Domestika Basics courses to learn how to use the software: Introduction to After Effects.
Reviews
A course by Jaime Alvarez Sobreviela
Jaime Álvarez Sobreviela is the creator of Mr. Kat & Friends, a universe of characters led by Mr. Kat and accompanied by his closest friends: the fluffy cat Vanilla and the mystic Cosmic Panda. His character style has a marked kawaii style, also inspired by ancestral cultures and their own cats. A combination as heterogeneous as it is evident when he sees his works.
Through his designs, Jaime has worked for clients such as Apple, Movistar and McCann Worldgroup and has participated in festivals such as Today at Apple, OFFF and Pictoplasma.
Content
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U1
Welcome
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Presentation
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Influences
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U2
Preproduction
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Interface customization to work faster
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Let's analyze the skull and skeleton Vanilla style Mr. Kat & Friends
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U3
X-Rays: 3D skeleton modeling with a stage inside
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3D Skull Modeling - part 1
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3D Skull Modeling - part 2
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3D modeling of the skeleton - part 1
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3D modeling of the skeleton - part 2
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3D modeling of the stage inside the skeleton - part 1
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3D modeling of the stage inside the skeleton - part 2
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3D modeling of the stage inside the skeleton - part 3
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Get a Vray scenario on the internet to launch renders without the need to be an expert
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Add materials and selections
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Render by passes and integration in Photoshop
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U4
Domesti-bot
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3D modeling of Domesti-Bot's head
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Texturing in a few steps the Domesti-Bot head thanks to UV Mapping
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3D modeling of Domesti-Bot's body - part 1
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3D modeling of Domesti-Bot's body - part 2
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3D modeling of the body of Domesti-Bot - part 3
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Texturing the body of Domesti-Bot in a few steps thanks to UV Mapping - part 1
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Texturing the body of Domesti-Bot in a few steps thanks to UV Mapping - part 2
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Character preparation for the motion capture program
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Assign pre-established animations of very good quality to Domesti-Bot thanks to Mixamo.
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Import the animation from Mixamo to C4D: keyframes, bones
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U5
Render and integration of Domesti-Bot
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Render with Vray
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Post-Production
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FP
Final project
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Final project
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FAQs
Domestika's courses are online classes that provide you with the tools and skills you need to complete a specific project. Every step of the project combines video lessons with complementary instructional material, so you can learn by doing. Domestika's courses also allow you to share your own projects with the teacher and with other students, creating a dynamic course community.
All courses are 100% online, so once they're published, courses start and finish whenever you want. You set the pace of the class. You can go back to review what interests you most and skip what you already know, ask questions, answer questions, share your projects, and more.
The courses are divided into different units. Each one includes lessons, informational text, tasks, and practice exercises to help you carry out your project step by step, with additional complementary resources and downloads. You'll also have access to an exclusive forum where you can interact with the teacher and with other students, as well as share your work and your course project, creating a community around the course.
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kumar_nikhil8
I learned alot of creating fun characters.
mabritec
Cambie un curso anterior que senti incompleto por este, y no me arrepiento de nada, gran calidad de aprendizaje muy fluido y conforme, LO RECOMIENDO.
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tronalberto71
HEconseguido aprender mucho,gracias.
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dinesh7nair
Great content
patuk
muy bien, gran profesor, aprendí muchas cosas
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